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The Access to Archives web site, which contains catalogues of archives held in record offices across England.
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A major monastery, ruled over by an abbot. The Cistercian and Premonstratensian foundations were abbeys, whereas the Cluniac and Carthusian
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A major monastery, ruled over by an abbot. The Cistercian and Premonstratensian foundations were abbeys, whereas the Cluniac and Carthusian...
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A summary of a document.
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A summary of a document.
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Archaic form of ‘account’.
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Archaic form of ‘account’.
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The survival rate of annual accounts for medieval estates varies from one part of the country to another. For Norfolk
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The survival rate of annual accounts for medieval estates varies from one part of the country to another. For Norfolk alone almost 2 000 accounts are extant for the period ...
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The complete representation of the heraldic insignia of a family, including the coat of arms, crest, helmet, mantling, torse,
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acre Reference library
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Originally an approximate measure of land which a yoke of oxen could plough in a day, it was standardized by
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Derived from Old English aecer or Old Norse akr, ‘plot of cultivated land’. Originally an approximate measure of land which a yoke of ...
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Records which summarize the procedure in a case before an ecclesiastical court, particularly during the second half of the
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Records which summarize the procedure in a case before an ecclesiastical court, particularly during the second half of the 16th century and much of the 17th century. See ...
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Statute Rolls, which contain all Acts of Parliament since 1500, are housed in the House of Lords Record Office
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Adams, John Reference library
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A list of the market towns of England and Wales, compiled by John Adams (fl. 1680). The
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A list of the market towns of England and Wales, compiled by John Adams (fl. 1680). The second edition, published in London in ...
